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I think discounting all of this and instead focusing on the loss of agency in the moment of play as the sole indicator of how this kind...

Well, if there’s no chance of being afraid, then why are any kind of fear rules being invoked? Again, getting away from D&D-esque...

Perhaps it would have helped if they told you how well they rolled on their joking roll?

It is wilful by the player that that agency be limited. In the same way one can choose to fail a saving throw or be persuaded. They...

It was a very vague reference to an old Saturday Night Live sketch, not a shot at anyone.

You keep saying that like it means something to the D&D rules. The D&D rules have never been about forcing people to remain true to...

I will bang on about player agency all day, but "there are things modeled in the game, and those models create surprising situations to...

No, I didn’t. @CreamCloud0’s post actually made it clear. The reason it wasn’t clear is again that’s not how this kind of stuff works...

The proverbial spilling a cup of coffee leading to the full breakdown in the parking lot. It wasn't the spilled coffee that got you...

But I don't know what you mean by "creating more distance". I think this is a choice. A perfectly fine one, mind you, but still a...

When I play, as opposed to GM - and these days that is primarily playing in Burning Wheel - I want to inhabit my character. One reason...

What game are you talking about here? As in, what game involves dice rolls for your PC to keep/lose their cool in non-dramatic...

I suppose. To me, it feels more like when someone explains how they feel or how they reacted or responded to a situation and you hear...

Yeah… there are few scenarios in RPGs I’d rather see less than a bunch of players pretending not to know trolls are vulnerable to fire...

The buy in to Blades is that you’re creating characters that can be traumatised by the events of the game in the way the system says. So...